VANCOUVER Frontline medical workers, administrators and others are painting a troubling picture of the state of B.C. hospitals, with some intensive care units full and contingency plans underway as staff struggle to keep up with incoming COVID-19 patients. In Fraser Health alone, there are 229 COVID-19 patients, with 67 of them in ICU and high acuity units. Approximately half of them are at Surrey Memorial Hospital, and the health authority is operating at 96 per cent hospital capacity overall, with some hospitals at 100 per cent. Five of the 60 operating rooms normally run by Fraser Health have been already closed so that staff could be diverted to COVID-19 care, according to Dr. Victoria Lee, president and CEO of the health authority. That s forced dozens of non-emergency surgeries to be postponed.
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“It’s really impeding their ability to police our areas properly and it’s clearly the same as Victoria,” said Screech. “We feel it’s a huge waste of resources to have a constable guarding people in that setting.” View Royal council has written to Mike Farnworth, minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, asking him to reinstate peace-officer status for hospital security guards. Council has also written a letter of support to their colleagues in Victoria. “Victoria is preparing a motion to go forward to the [Union of B.C. Municipalities], so we said we’d be happy to add our name to their motion as well,” Screech said.
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Police found the man and tried to subdue him with a less-lethal conductive energy weapon, or Taser. In the course of the incident, an officer shot the man, said police spokesman Const. Cam MacIntyre. Stevenson remains in hospital. His injuries are not considered life-threatening. No officers were injured during the incident and major crimes unit detectives are investigating. On March 2, Stevenson made his first appearance in Victoria’s integrated court and pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm to a nurse in November. The court, which deals with offenders with substance abuse issues and/or the mentally ill, ordered a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric report to assist at his sentencing. Stevenson was released on one condition that he report to integrated court when directed by the court, his bail supervisor or his Assertive Community Treatment team member. He is to be sentenced in May when the reports are completed.